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AI art and Indian copyright registration

SpicyIP

As reported, in 2020, the copyright office rejected an application which listed AI (RAGHAV) as the sole author for an artwork. However, a second application was filed where a natural person and an AI (again (RAGHAV) were named as co-authors for another artwork. This copyright office granted registration in this case.

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Artificial Intelligence Art and Indian Copyright Registration

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction AI-generated art is booming, and the Indian Copyright Office is baffled. AI generated art is made autonomously by artificial intelligence without human creative input (see below for the artwork Dall-E 2 created in response to my suggestion “a machine painting a canvas”). The basis for registration is not specified.

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

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It further added that an individual could either own a registered trademark or copyright but not both. NTC’s statement regarding the copyright assignment from SK Oil Industries to SSPL wasn’t appropriate as it wasn’t a party in the contract, and therefore, didn’t have the right to question it.

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3 Count: Bridgerton Settlement

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Adam Schrader at UPI reports that New York artist Kris Kashtanova has received a copyright registration for a graphic novel entitled Zarya of the Dawn , representing the first known copyright registration granted to a work of AI-generated artwork.

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Who’s Laughing Now? EUIPO Board of Appeal Rules that Banksy Can Keep his Trademark and Anonymity Too

IPilogue

Background Banksy’s graffiti artwork Laugh Now first appeared in Brighton, England, in 2002. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. However, artists are required to reveal their identity when claiming copyright infringement. street artist Banksy.

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3 Count: Maverick Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

King was convicted of being the leader of a variety of companies that traded in copyright infringing products. 3: Thaler Pursues Copyright Challenge Over Denial of AI-Generated Work Registration. Previously, Thaler submitted the work A Recent Entrance to Paradise to the USCO for a copyright registration.

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California Court Casts Doubt on Copyright Claims Relating to AI Images

LexBlog IP

courts are addressing lawsuits brought by artists alleging that AI-generated art infringes on copyrights held by the artists for their artwork. A written decision from the court is forthcoming, and that decision could be an important one for plaintiffs and defendants alike in current and future AI-related copyright cases.